Recommended update for grub2

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2017:0253-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1004324 bsc#1004398 bsc#1004959 bsc#1008545 bsc#1008568 bsc#1015599 bsc#899465 bsc#998097
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has eight fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for grub2 provides the following fixes:

• Ensure that the path starts with / and has no //. (bsc#1015599)
• Load lvm module to support Xen PV booting from LVM volumes. (bsc#1004324)
• Fix ARMv7 configuration issues that could lead to unbootable systems. (bsc#1008568)
• Fix potential crash when booting ARMv7 systems. (bsc#1008545)
• Add support for netboot on arm64-efi platforms. (bsc#998097)
• Add support for booting huge pv-domains to grub-xen. (bsc#1004398, bsc#899465)
• Build arm-efi and arm64-efi for openSUSE. (bsc#1004959)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-135=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-135=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-135=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-135=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-135=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (noarch)
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
  • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch)
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64)
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (noarch)
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64)
  • grub2-arm64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (noarch)
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (ppc64le)
  • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (s390x)
  • grub2-s390x-emu-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • grub2-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-debuginfo-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le)
  • grub2-powerpc-ieee1275-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (noarch)
  • grub2-snapper-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-systemd-sleep-plugin-2.02~beta2-113.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • grub2-debugsource-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-x86_64-efi-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-x86_64-xen-2.02~beta2-113.1
  • grub2-i386-pc-2.02~beta2-113.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004324
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004398
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004959
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1008545
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1008568
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015599
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=899465
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998097